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Dating ethnic foods for Christmas

Our family of six sisters had a tradition as we dated in high school and college. If you…
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‘Heartland’ is family-friendly but not unbearably cheesy

For all its wholesomeness, "Heartland" is not sickly sweet and doesn't sidestep the realities of life.
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In ‘Severance,’ a bleak look at soul-stealing office culture

The Apple TV+ series "Severance" sends us back to work in prepandemic corporate America.
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How Molly Burhans is helping the church fight climate change

A young cartographer is helping the church catalog its land holdings so it might address the environment, human migration, and sustainable land stewardship.
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‘Ted Lasso’ shows a better way to be a man

Apple TV+’s ‘Ted Lasso’ is a skillfully crafted story about masculinity that is compassionate and supportive.
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Tennant’s Fogg travels to find himself anew

‘Around the World in 80 Days’ offers an ode to taking chances.
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In ‘The Hidden Life of Trees,’ forests are family, too

Trees are, as it turns out, social and more than a little like us.
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Ze Frank’s ‘True Facts’ are full of wit and wonder

The coming of age film is a nuanced exploration of the way both lesser and better angels exist in all of us.
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In ‘All Creatures Great and Small,’ humanity steals the show

A new PBS series about a country vet shows the power of human decency.
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Pixar’s ‘Soul’ says a lot about life, not just what’s after

‘Soul’ shows us not only what we might be missing about the point of living, but also what we are missing right now.
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